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-May-1Q 1928.

1 s. L. CONNELL.

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Filed Feb. 9. 1925 STANLEY L. conunrn, or

Patented May 1, 1928.

PATENT nit-fr es- Gimp, PENNSYLVANIA, Assmnoa To run GIBABD 1 MODEL wonxs, Inc.

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Application n e February 9, 1925. semi no. moo.

This invention is designed as improve the type of tops in which the spinning member has some part, or element, engaging some instrument to make the top more attractive.

In the'specilic form shown the spinning of i the top'operates to sound bells. VVithsu'ch tops considerable difiiculty has been experienced in permitting the top to find its balance and in associating and assembling the parts. The present invention provides lorn convenient a'sembly, provides aperfectly balanced spinning operation and also an etl'icient but cheap construction. Features and details of the invention will ap pear from the specification and claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:--

Fig. 1 shows an elevatlon of the top,

partly in section.

Fig. 2 a view of a detached spinning han-. dle.

Fig. 3 a detached view of the post on which the top is mountedf Fig. 4 a view of the, tappet securing plate.

Fig. 5 a plan view of a companion securing plate.

1 marks the top body and 2 a top stem. These are ordinarily made of sheet metal, the stem and body being hollow. 3 marks the ordinary spring actuatingspinning handle with the ratchet teeth 4 adapted to engage detents 5 (see dottedlines Fig. '1); 6 forms the base or mounting of the top. A post 7 extends upwardly from this base and has a bearing support 8 at its, upper end on which the upper end of the stem 2 rests. The top is, therefore, suspended fromthis point and spins on this hearing. The post is formed of a piece of wire having a foot 9 bent at the bottom of the wire and this foot is arranged in a cap 10, the cap 10 being secured to the base 6 by means of projecting lugs 11 extending through perforations 12 in the base. A corrugated paper cushion pad 13 is arranged in the cap of the foot and gives to the post a yielding mounting so that it can sway slightly as the top spins,the purposeof which is to permit the top to find its balance." The body has an opening 14 slightly larger than the post 7 so as to permit the top body to swing relatively to the post on the pivot bearing 8 also assisting the to in finding its balance. Without these yielding possibiliti'es the top vibrates and does not spin smoothly. 'VVith this yielding post and the limited freedom to find its equilibrium the top spins smoothly and thus gives satisfactory results.

A wire15 is secured in a beaded edge 16 1 on thebaseb and extends upwardly from thebase. Bells 15are secured on the wires 15 and are in osition to be contacted by tappets 17 T13 tappet is secured on a tongue 18 extending from a tappet securin plate 19, the plate 19 havin lugs 20 exten ing through the body of tie top to secure the plate to the top body. The tongues 18 have lugs extending through openings 22 in a plate 23 arranged on the post 7. Shoulders 24 are formed on the post between the plates 19 and 23.

In assemblin the device the plate 19 is secured to the body of the top. The plate 23 is threaded on to the post 20 before the shoulders 24 are formed and thus the base assembly is completed and the top assembly completed. The two parts are put together with the ta )pets in place and the tongues extending tirough the perforations 22 are headed over securing the plates together and at the same time providing means preventing the disengagement of the top body from the post. 7

In spinning the to it is simply allowed to set on its base. he spinning handle is wound up andthe spring released driving the top under the spring tension. At the completion of the spinning action the top disengages from the handle and continues to spin, sounding the bells.

What I claim as new is 1. In a top, the combination of a non-rotative post; a body mounted on the post and having a bearing support on the top of the post; and a yielding mounting for the post.

2. In a top, the combination of a non-rotative post; a body mounted on the post and having a bearin support on the top of the post, the top having a limited swinging move- .ment on the post; and a yielding mounting for the post.

3. In a top, the combination of a non-rotative post; a body mounted on the post and having a bearing support on the top of the post; and a mounting for the post comprising a base, a foot formed on the post, and a cap extending overthe foot secured to the base and securing the foot on the base.

4. In a top, the combination of a non-rotative post; a body mounted on the post and having a. bearing support on the top of the post; and a yielding mountin for the post comprising a base, a foot on t e post, a cap on the foot secured to the base, and a cushioned pad in the cap with the foot.

5. In a top, the combination of a non-rota-i tive post; a body mounted on the post and having a bearing support on the top of the post; and a yielding mounting for the post comprising a base, a foot on the post, a cap on the foot secured to the base, and a cushioned pad of corrugated paper in the cap with the foot.

6.'In a top, the con'ibination of a non-r0- tative post; a body mounted onthe post and having a bearing support on the top of the post; a mounting for the post; bells carried bythe mounting; a plate locked with the body; a plate secured on the post; tappets for engaging the bells; and means securing the plates together with the tappets between them.

" the foot and secured to the 7. In a, top the combination of a top body having a hollow stem with a bearing at the upper end of the stem; a post extending through the body and stem and having a bearin support at the top of the post; a oot forme in t e bottom of the post; a base on which the foot rests; a cap extending over ase; bells mounted on the base; a securing plate secured to the body; tappets mounted on the securing plate; a locking plate mounted on the post to my hand.

STANLEY L. CONNELL. 

